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AI/ML: Breaking through the hype to
deliver strong business outcomes
Tom Litchford, WW Retail Leader, AWS
Richard Potter, CEO, Peak
Tom Summerfield, Head of Commerce, Footasylum
© 2020 Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved
40% of digital transformation initiatives
supported by AI in 2019
—IDC 2018
InnovationDecision
making
Customer
experience
C E N T E R P I E C E F O R D I G I TA L T R A N S F O R M AT I O N
Business
operations
Competitive
advantage
© 2020 Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved
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I N C O M PA N I E S O F E V E R Y S I Z E A N D I N D U S T R Y
Tens of thousands customers have chosen AWS for their ML workloads | More than twice as many customers using ML than any other cloud provider
AI/ML: Breaking through the hype to deliver strong business outcomes_AWS_Peak_Footasylum
+4%
YoY growth
+3%
YoY growth
US
retail sales
UK
retail sales
*Source:Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)*Source:ON S
It’s not all doom and gloom
AI/ML: Breaking through the hype to deliver strong business outcomes_AWS_Peak_Footasylum
AI/ML: Breaking through the hype to deliver strong business outcomes_AWS_Peak_Footasylum
We are Footasylum
Creativity connects
our bricks, clicks and kicks.
• Founded in 2005, now at 70+ stores with
35%+ digital sales
• We are part of our consumers’
community: urban style leaders who
drive trends and do things our own way.
• Endorsed by this community of
tribes we’re young and agile – never
straight laced.
What we were looking to achieve
1. Haltingbifurcationof physical
and digital retail
2. Create a single consumer view
3. Positively affecting EBITDA contribution
with an omnichannel approach
4. Personalisation, over everything
5. Tobe better connected…
+
Retailersneed tobebetterconnected
Context ControlConvenience
1 2
with customers
Retailers need to be better connected
Context ControlConvenience
1 2
…and internally too.
Marketing Supply chainMerchandising
Connected retail isn’t easy
Understand
your consumer
Ensure
efficient delivery
Understand
product interactions
1m+ consumers
60+ stores
25k products
3x commerce channels
Omnichannel
fulfillment
AI?
Think big, start small, act fast
Ideas TestWorkshop
We came with a clear
vision & explored all
opportunities
We mapped out data
flows and systems and
aligned to our business
processes
Agreed KPIs with defined
ROIs alongside our wider
business trading strategies
Review & Refine
Continually review and
refine using machine
learning and data science
resource
1 32 4
Hyper-personalisation
Social
Advertising:
Driven by predictors in
Single Customer View
Customers receive target
content usingMessage
Personalisation
Increase purchase
frequency
Continual AI feedback loop...
Personalisation
Target audience list and
content deployed on social
channels usingCustomer
Acquisition
Increase social
engagement and
acquisition for less
spend.
AI
System
With Customer AI
Rapid time to value
increase in digital
revenues
reduction in customer
acquisition costs
increase in click-through
rate on ads
return on ad
spend (ROAS)
72% 84% 10X28%
Hyper-
personalisation
Data-driven
social campaign
Facebook ad
optimisation
Customer
acquisition
BAU use via revenue
driving channels has
increased
Acquiring new
customers through
unified social media
user preferences
Evolved into a multi-
faceted product
recommendation
engine
Advanced
segmentation of
existing customer
database via campaigns
More to come...
Month 1 Month 12
What’s next?
…
The AI stack for retail
AI supports connected retail
Makes sense of data
Supports the three Cs
and puts consumer first
Connects data, workflows
and functions
Optimizes supply
and demand
From hype to reality
Context Convenience
Hyper-personalized
marketingcomms
Recommendations
andtargetedpromos
AI powers
buyingdecisions
Warehouse&
labor optimization
Customer
expectations
Control
AI System
The Peak AI System
The full-stack AI System, built
to deliver AI-driven outcomes
across an enterprise.
An intelligence layer across the enterprise
AI/ML: Breaking through the hype to deliver strong business outcomes_AWS_Peak_Footasylum
Customerstories
Taking AI from hype to reality
Customer AI
Get more from your marketing
CONTEXT
Message
personalization
Recommendation
engine
AI driven social media
targeting
HYPER-PERSONALIZATION = SALES
Higher return
on ad spend
Increased conversion and
higher AOV
Reduced churn, increased
campaign revenues
PREDICTION
Customer
data
Predictive Customer View
+
28%Increaseindigital revenues
10xReturnonaddspend(ROAS)
ACCELERATING GROWTH
CONTEXT
DemandAI
CONVENIENCE
AI-driven demand planning and optimization
Increased return
on capital
Improved efficiency
and CX
Higher margins,
faster sell through
Customer
data
Predictive Demand View
Markdowns
and promotions
Inventory allocation
Buying
optimization
Assortment
OPTIMIZATION = IMPROVE PROFITABILITYPREDICTION +
4xIncreasein returnon
capital employed(ROCE)
18%Reductionin stocklevels
MAJORASSETSAVINGS& REVENUE GROWTH
CONVENIENCE
Supply AI
Fulfil demand at reduced costs
CONTROL
Logistics optimization
Workforce
planning
Warehouse
optimization
Reduced stock
movement costs
Minimized
labor costs
Increased fulfilment
efficiency
Customer
data
Predictive Supply View
OPTIMIZATION = IMPROVE PROFITABILITYPREDICTION +
5%Improvement in efficiency
Fast fashion retailer
CONTROL
GET IN TOUCH
richard.potter@peak.ai
TORECEIVE:
Your personalized report
Highlightingtwoareas
wherewe canhelp
Quantifyingthevalueof
your AIopportunity
Howbigisyour AIopportunity?
Peak.ai
Thank You!
Tom Litchford, WW Retail Leader, AWS
Richard Potter, CEO, Peak
Tom Summerfield, Head of Commerce, Footasylum
AI/ML: Breaking through the hype to deliver strong business outcomes_AWS_Peak_Footasylum

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AI/ML: Breaking through the hype to deliver strong business outcomes_AWS_Peak_Footasylum

  • 1. AI/ML: Breaking through the hype to deliver strong business outcomes Tom Litchford, WW Retail Leader, AWS Richard Potter, CEO, Peak Tom Summerfield, Head of Commerce, Footasylum
  • 2. © 2020 Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved 40% of digital transformation initiatives supported by AI in 2019 —IDC 2018 InnovationDecision making Customer experience C E N T E R P I E C E F O R D I G I TA L T R A N S F O R M AT I O N Business operations Competitive advantage
  • 3. © 2020 Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved The AWS ML Stack Broadest and most complete set of Machine Learning capabilities VISION SPEECH TEXT SEARCH CHATBOTS PERSONALIZATION FORECASTING FRAUD DEVELOPMENT CONTACT CENTERS Ground Truth Augmented AI ML Marketplace Neo Built-in algorithms Notebooks Experiments Model training & tuning Debugger Autopilot Model hosting Model Monitor Deep Learning AMIs & Containers GPUs & CPUs Elastic Inference Inferentia FPGA Amazon Rekognition Amazon Polly Amazon Transcribe +Medical Amazon Comprehend +Medical Amazon Translate Amazon Lex Amazon Personalize Amazon Forecast Amazon Fraud Detector Amazon CodeGuru AI SERVICES ML SERVICES ML FRAMEWORKS & INFRASTRUCTURE Amazon Textract Amazon Kendra Contact Lens For Amazon Connect SageMaker Studio IDE NEW NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! NEW! Amazon SageMaker
  • 4. © 2020 Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved M A C H I N E L E A R N I N G I S H A P P E N I N G I N C O M PA N I E S O F E V E R Y S I Z E A N D I N D U S T R Y Tens of thousands customers have chosen AWS for their ML workloads | More than twice as many customers using ML than any other cloud provider
  • 6. +4% YoY growth +3% YoY growth US retail sales UK retail sales *Source:Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)*Source:ON S It’s not all doom and gloom
  • 9. We are Footasylum Creativity connects our bricks, clicks and kicks. • Founded in 2005, now at 70+ stores with 35%+ digital sales • We are part of our consumers’ community: urban style leaders who drive trends and do things our own way. • Endorsed by this community of tribes we’re young and agile – never straight laced.
  • 10. What we were looking to achieve 1. Haltingbifurcationof physical and digital retail 2. Create a single consumer view 3. Positively affecting EBITDA contribution with an omnichannel approach 4. Personalisation, over everything 5. Tobe better connected… +
  • 12. Retailers need to be better connected Context ControlConvenience 1 2 …and internally too. Marketing Supply chainMerchandising
  • 13. Connected retail isn’t easy Understand your consumer Ensure efficient delivery Understand product interactions 1m+ consumers 60+ stores 25k products 3x commerce channels Omnichannel fulfillment
  • 14. AI?
  • 15. Think big, start small, act fast Ideas TestWorkshop We came with a clear vision & explored all opportunities We mapped out data flows and systems and aligned to our business processes Agreed KPIs with defined ROIs alongside our wider business trading strategies Review & Refine Continually review and refine using machine learning and data science resource 1 32 4
  • 16. Hyper-personalisation Social Advertising: Driven by predictors in Single Customer View Customers receive target content usingMessage Personalisation Increase purchase frequency Continual AI feedback loop... Personalisation Target audience list and content deployed on social channels usingCustomer Acquisition Increase social engagement and acquisition for less spend. AI System With Customer AI
  • 17. Rapid time to value increase in digital revenues reduction in customer acquisition costs increase in click-through rate on ads return on ad spend (ROAS) 72% 84% 10X28% Hyper- personalisation Data-driven social campaign Facebook ad optimisation Customer acquisition BAU use via revenue driving channels has increased Acquiring new customers through unified social media user preferences Evolved into a multi- faceted product recommendation engine Advanced segmentation of existing customer database via campaigns More to come... Month 1 Month 12
  • 19. The AI stack for retail
  • 20. AI supports connected retail Makes sense of data Supports the three Cs and puts consumer first Connects data, workflows and functions Optimizes supply and demand
  • 21. From hype to reality Context Convenience Hyper-personalized marketingcomms Recommendations andtargetedpromos AI powers buyingdecisions Warehouse& labor optimization Customer expectations Control AI System
  • 22. The Peak AI System The full-stack AI System, built to deliver AI-driven outcomes across an enterprise. An intelligence layer across the enterprise
  • 25. Customer AI Get more from your marketing CONTEXT Message personalization Recommendation engine AI driven social media targeting HYPER-PERSONALIZATION = SALES Higher return on ad spend Increased conversion and higher AOV Reduced churn, increased campaign revenues PREDICTION Customer data Predictive Customer View +
  • 27. DemandAI CONVENIENCE AI-driven demand planning and optimization Increased return on capital Improved efficiency and CX Higher margins, faster sell through Customer data Predictive Demand View Markdowns and promotions Inventory allocation Buying optimization Assortment OPTIMIZATION = IMPROVE PROFITABILITYPREDICTION +
  • 28. 4xIncreasein returnon capital employed(ROCE) 18%Reductionin stocklevels MAJORASSETSAVINGS& REVENUE GROWTH CONVENIENCE
  • 29. Supply AI Fulfil demand at reduced costs CONTROL Logistics optimization Workforce planning Warehouse optimization Reduced stock movement costs Minimized labor costs Increased fulfilment efficiency Customer data Predictive Supply View OPTIMIZATION = IMPROVE PROFITABILITYPREDICTION +
  • 30. 5%Improvement in efficiency Fast fashion retailer CONTROL
  • 31. GET IN TOUCH [email protected] TORECEIVE: Your personalized report Highlightingtwoareas wherewe canhelp Quantifyingthevalueof your AIopportunity Howbigisyour AIopportunity? Peak.ai
  • 32. Thank You! Tom Litchford, WW Retail Leader, AWS Richard Potter, CEO, Peak Tom Summerfield, Head of Commerce, Footasylum